Repoet of Boaed of Gteneeal Managees. 6Y 



States. In the Machinery Building four times the total available space 

 was applied for by American firms. The difficulty of making, under 

 such circumstances, an allotment whicli should be at once fair to the 

 individual and not prejudicial to the representative character of the 

 combined exliibit in any given group is sufficiently obvious. 



Some business firms of the State sought to advertise and make capi- 

 tal of the notoriety to be gained by airing alleged grievances ; some 

 few cases of hardship undoubtedly happened, but in nearly every case 

 as much space as could be expected was granted every applicant, and the 

 allotment to ISTew York as a whole was generous in the extreme. The 

 following table of space * occupied by New York in each department is 

 the most conclusive argument on the question : 



Space reserved for 

 Department. United States. Space granted New York. 



Agriculture 450 , 000 feet Collective 4 , 048 



Individual 42,7'74 46,822 feet. 



Forestry Collective 1 , 053 



Individual 1 , 669 2 , 722 feet. 



Horticulturef Collective 65,500 



Individual 43,654 109,154 feet. 



Fisheries 1,415 feet. 



Mines and Mining. . 140,000 feet Collective 1,891 



Individual 11,633 13,624 feet. 



Machinery 100 , 000 feet 40,224 feet. 



Transportation Collective 2 , 450 



Individual 66,500 68,950 feet. 



Manufactures 260,000 feet 58 , 063 feet. 



Electricity 180,000 feet 39,298 feet. 



Fine arts 36,000 feet 21,000 feet. 



Liberal arts 230 , 000 feet Collective 12,810 



Individual 33,040 45 , 850 feet. 



Ethnology Collective 12 , 800 



Individual 18,280 31,080 feet. 



473,102 feet. 



This grand total approximates ten and three-quarter acres, or a space 



* At the time of going to press the official figures have not been tabulated by the 

 Exposition authorities. These figures are based on newspaper tables and esti- 

 mates, but are suflSciently correct for making comparisons. 



f Not including 93,000 feet on lawns and Wooded Island, 



